Directions:
In this section you will hear a recorded short passage.The passage is printed in the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read two times. You are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear. I think we'll mbegin now. First I'd like to welcome you all and thank you for your coming, especially at such short notice. I know you are all very busy and it's difficult to take time away from your ______ for meetings.As you can see on the agenda,today we will focus on the upcoming______.First we'll discuss the groups that will be coming in from Germany. After that, we'll discuss the North American Tours, ______ by the Asian tours. If time ______, we will also discuss the Australian tours which are booked for early September. Finally, I'm going to request some feedback from all of you ______ last year's tours and where you think we can improve.
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I think we'll begin now. First I'd like to welcome you all and thank you for your coming, especially at such short notice. I know you are all very busy and it's difficult to take time away from your daily tasks for meetings.As you can see on the agenda, today we will focus on the upcoming tourist season. First we'll discuss the groups that will be coming in from Germany. After that, we'll discuss the North American Tours, followed by the Asian tours. If time permits, we will also discuss the Australian tours which are booked for early September. Finally, I'm going to request some feedback ,from all of you concerning last year's tours and where you think we can improve.12 、tourist season 13、followed 14 、permits 15 、concerning
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Asearlyasinthedevelopmentofagriculture,mendiscoveredhowtomakealcoholicdrinksfromgrapesandcorn.
Theteacher,ratherthanthestudents,isresponsibleforthismatter.
Hamlet______byShakespeare.
Inthepast,operationsweredifficult.Untilthemiddleoftheeighteenfifties,surgerywasverydangerous.Manypatientsdiedaftereventhesmallestoperations.Thiswasbecausebacteriaenteredthecutsinthepatientsbodied’andstartedinfection.Insomecountries,upto90percentofpatientsdiedfrominfectionafteroperations.In1865,however,JosephLister,aBritishsurgeon,foundananswertotheproblem.Heusedan“antisepticduring”andafteroperations.Thiskilledthedangerousbacteriaandmostofhispatientslived.Sincethen,surgeonshaveusedantisepticsinalloperations.SurgeryhasdevelopedinmanyimportantwayssincethedayofJosephLister.Today,whenpatientsgotohospitalforanoperation,theycanexpectthebesttreatment,incleanandhygienicconditions.
33.Operationsweredifficultanddangerousuntil_______.
A.1850
B.themiddleof1850
C.themiddleofthefiftiesoftheeighteenthcentury
D.themiddleofthefiftiesofthenineteenthcentury
34.Inthepassage,surgerymeans__________.
A.Theperformingofanoperation
B.cure
C.treatment
D.medicine
35.Inthepast,upto90percentofpatientsdiedafteroperationsmainlyb
ecause__________.
A.bacteriaenteredthecutsinthepatientsbodies’andinfectiontookplace
B.theconditionsinhospitalswerebad
C.theskillofsurgeonswasnotsogood
D.therewerenogoodmedicineatthattime
36.Whichtopicofthefollowingbestsuitsthepassage?
A.Operationsweredifficultinthepast
B.ThedevotionofJosephListertomedicalscience
C.Surgeryhasbecomesafer
D.Developmentsinsurgery
37.JosephListerwas________.
A.aFrenchman
B.aGerman
C.anEnglishman
D.anAmeric
Thefoodweeatseemstohaveprofoundeffectsonourhealth.Althoughsciencehasmadeenormousstepsinmakingfoodmorefittoeat,ithas,atthesametime,mademanyfoodsunfittoeat.Someresearchhasshownthatperhapseightypercentofcancerisrelatedtothedietaswell,especiallycancerthecolon.Differentculturesaremorepronetocontractcertainillnessesbecauseofthefoodthatischaracteristicinthesecultures.Thatfoodrelatedtollnessisnotanewdiscovery.In1945,governmentresearchersrealizedthatitratesandnitrites,commonlyusedtopreservecolorinmeats,andotherfooddditives,causedcancer.Yet,thesecarcinogenicadditivesremaininourfood,nditbecomesmoredifficultallthetimetoknowwhichthingsonthepackginglabelsofprocessedfoodarehelpfulorharmful.Theadditiveswhichweeatarenotallsodirect.Farmersoftengivepenicillintobeefandpoultry,andbecauseofthis,penicillinhasbeenfoundinthemilkoftreatedcows.Sometimessimilardrugsareadministeredtoanimalsnotformedicinalpurposes,butforfinancialreasons.Thefarmersaresimplytryingtofattentheanimalsinordertoobtainahigherpriceonthemarket.AlthoughtheFoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)hastriedrepeatedlytocontroltheseprocedures,thepracticescontinue.
48.Whatisthemaintopicofthepassage?
A.Foodandourhealth
BFoodandadditives
C.Foodandcancer
DFoodandculture
49AllofthefollowingstatementsaretrueEXCEPT_______.
AFortypercentofcanceriscausedbyproblemsrelatedtofood.
BResearchershaveknownaboutthepotentialdangeroffoodadditivesformanyyears
C.Weeatsomeofthefoodadditivesdirectlyandsomeindirectly
DDrugsarealwaysgiventoanimalsformedicinalpurposes
50.Whydofarmersgivedrugstotheiranimals?
A.tospeedupthegrowthofanimals
BTomaketheanimalsfatter
Ctomaketheanimals’meatfittoeat
DTomaketheanimals’meatrichinnutrients
51.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat_________.
Ascientisthavemadeallthefoodfittoeat
Bonlyinrecentyearshavepeoplefoundthatthefoodisrelatedtoone’sillness
Callkindsofcancerarerelatedtothediet
Dsomeadditivesareharmfultoourhealth
52.Theword“this”inthesecondsentenceofparagraph2mostprobablyrefersto__________.
Afarmer
Bpenicillin
Cbeefandpoultry
Dthefactthatfarmersoftengivepenicillintoabeef
